Delores McQuinn

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Delores McQuinn
Democratic Party
Virginia House of Delegates District 81
Tenure
2024 - Present
Term ends
2028
Years in position
2
Predecessor: Barry Knight (R)
Prior offices:
Virginia House of Delegates District 70
Years in office: 2009 - 2024
Successor: Shelly Simonds (D)
Richmond City Council
Years in office: 1999 - 2009
Compensation
Base salary
$17,640/year
Per diem
$237/day
Elections and appointments
Last election
November 4, 2025
Personal
Religion
Christian: Baptist
Contact
Official website
Official Instagram
Campaign YouTube
Personal Facebook
Personal LinkedIn
Personal TikTok

Delores McQuinn (Democratic Party) is a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, representing District 81. She assumed office on January 10, 2024. Her current term ends on January 12, 2028.

McQuinn (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Virginia House of Delegates to represent District 81. She won in the general election on November 4, 2025.

Biography

McQuinn attended Virginia Commonweath University and Virginia Union University. She served on the Richmond City School Board from 1992 to 1996 and the Richmond City Council from 1999 to 2009.[1]

Committee assignments

2025-2026

McQuinn was assigned to the following committees:

2023-2024

McQuinn was assigned to the following committees:

2020-2021

McQuinn was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

McQuinn was assigned to the following committees:

2016 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2016 legislative session, McQuinn served on the following committees:

Virginia committee assignments, 2016
• Appropriations
• General laws
• Transportation

2015 legislative session

In the 2015 legislative session, McQuinn served on the following committees:

2014 legislative session

In the 2014 legislative session, McQuinn served on the following committees:

2012-2013

In the 2012-2013 legislative session, McQuinn served on the following committees:

2010-2011

In the 2010-2011 legislative session, McQuinn served on the following committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2025

See also: Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2025

General election

General election for Virginia House of Delegates District 81

Incumbent Delores McQuinn won election in the general election for Virginia House of Delegates District 81 on November 4, 2025.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Delores McQuinn
Delores McQuinn (D)
 
92.7
 
26,747
 Other/Write-in votes
 
7.3
 
2,120

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 28,867
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Virginia House of Delegates District 81

Incumbent Delores McQuinn defeated Alicia Atkins in the Democratic primary for Virginia House of Delegates District 81 on June 17, 2025.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Delores McQuinn
Delores McQuinn
 
75.9
 
6,698
Image of Alicia Atkins
Alicia Atkins Candidate Connection
 
24.1
 
2,125

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 8,823
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Campaign finance

Endorsements

McQuinn received the following endorsements.

2023

See also: Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2023

General election

General election for Virginia House of Delegates District 81

Incumbent Delores McQuinn won election in the general election for Virginia House of Delegates District 81 on November 7, 2023.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Delores McQuinn
Delores McQuinn (D)
 
94.1
 
18,355
 Other/Write-in votes
 
5.9
 
1,157

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 19,512
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Virginia House of Delegates District 81

Incumbent Delores McQuinn defeated Terrence Walker in the Democratic primary for Virginia House of Delegates District 81 on June 20, 2023.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Delores McQuinn
Delores McQuinn
 
82.8
 
7,552
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Terrence Walker
 
17.2
 
1,564

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 9,116
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Endorsements

McQuinn received the following endorsements.

2021

See also: Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2021

General election

General election for Virginia House of Delegates District 70

Incumbent Delores McQuinn defeated David Vaught in the general election for Virginia House of Delegates District 70 on November 2, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Delores McQuinn
Delores McQuinn (D)
 
71.5
 
21,764
Image of David Vaught
David Vaught (Independent) Candidate Connection
 
27.7
 
8,435
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.8
 
230

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 30,429
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Delores McQuinn advanced from the Democratic primary for Virginia House of Delegates District 70.

Campaign finance

2019

See also: Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2019

General election

General election for Virginia House of Delegates District 70

Incumbent Delores McQuinn won election in the general election for Virginia House of Delegates District 70 on November 5, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Delores McQuinn
Delores McQuinn (D)
 
94.7
 
19,584
 Other/Write-in votes
 
5.3
 
1,105

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 20,689
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2017

See also: Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2017

General election

Elections for the Virginia House of Delegates took place in 2017. All 100 house seats were up for election. The general election took place on November 7, 2017. A primary election took place on June 13, 2017. The filing deadline for primary election candidates was March 30, 2017. The filing deadline for non-party candidates and candidates nominated by methods other than a primary was June 13, 2017.[2] Incumbent Delores McQuinn (D) ran unopposed in the Virginia House of Delegates District 70 general election.[3]

Virginia House of Delegates, District 70 General Election, 2017
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Delores McQuinn Incumbent (unopposed) 100.00% 20,391
Total Votes 20,391
Source: Virginia Department of Elections

Democratic primary election

Incumbent Delores McQuinn defeated Alexander Mejias in the Virginia House of Delegates District 70 Democratic primary.[4]

Virginia House of Delegates, District 70 Democratic Primary, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Delores McQuinn Incumbent 80.47% 7,082
Alexander Mejias 19.53% 1,719
Total Votes 8,801

Republican primary election

No Republican candidate filed to run for this seat. [5]

Ballotpedia will publish vote totals here after they become available.
Virginia House of Delegates, District 70 Republican Primary, 2017
Candidate

Endorsements

In 2017, McQuinn’s endorsements included the following:

  • Democracy for America[6]
  • Virginia's List[7]

2015

See also: Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2015

Elections for the Virginia House of Delegates took place in 2015. A primary election was held on June 9, 2015. The general election took place on November 3, 2015. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 26, 2015.[8] Incumbent Delores McQuinn was unopposed in the Democratic primary and was unchallenged in the general election.[9][10]

2013

See also: Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2013

McQuinn won re-election in the 2013 election for Virginia House of Delegates District 70. McQuinn ran unopposed in the June 11th Democratic Primary. She was unopposed in the general election, which took place on November 5, 2013.[11]

2011

See also: Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2011

On November 8, 2011, McQuinn won re-election to District 70 of the Virginia House of Delegates. She was uncontested in the August 23 primary and ran unopposed in the November 8 general election.[12]

2009

See also: Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2009

In 2009, McQuinn was re-elected to the Virginia House of Delegates.[13]

Virginia House of Delegates General Election, District 70 (2009)
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Delores McQuinn (D) 11,297
Henry Brown (I) 3,157

Campaign themes

2025

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Delores McQuinn did not complete Ballotpedia's 2025 Candidate Connection survey.

2023

Delores McQuinn did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.

2021

Delores McQuinn did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.

2019

Delores McQuinn did not complete Ballotpedia's 2019 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

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Delores McQuinn campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2023Virginia House of Delegates District 81Won general$256,910 $141,808
2021Virginia House of Delegates District 70Won general$168,118 $141,998
2019Virginia House of Delegates District 70Won general$66,461 N/A**
2017Virginia House of Delegates District 70Won general$60,965 N/A**
Grand total$552,453 $283,806
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Election Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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Personal

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McQuinn and her husband, Jonathan, have two children.

Noteworthy events

Tested positive for coronavirus on April 6, 2020

See also: Government official, politician, and candidate deaths, diagnoses, and quarantines due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020-2021

On April 15, 2020, McQuinn announced she tested positive for COVID-19 and was recovering at home.[14]

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ Delegate Delores L. McQuinn, "Personal Info," accessed May 16, 2017
    2. ↑ Virginia Department of Elections, "Candidacy Requirements for the November 7, 2017 General Election," accessed March 21, 2017
    3. ↑ Virginia Department of Elections, "2017 November General Unofficial Results," accessed November 7, 2017
    4. ↑ Virginia Department of Elections, "2017 June Democratic Primary," accessed July 6, 2017
    5. ↑ Virginia Department of Elections, "2017 June Republican Primary," accessed July 6, 2017
    6. ↑ Blue Virginia,DFA Endorses Justin Fairfax for LG; Eight Virginia House of Delegates Candidates," accessed March 21, 2017
    7. ↑ Virginia's List, "Virginia's List Announces 11 Endorsements for House of Delegates, Lieutenant Governor," May 2, 2017
    8. ↑ Virginia State Board of Elections, "2015 November Election Calendar," accessed January 2, 2015
    9. ↑ Virginia Board of Elections, "2015 Primary election results," accessed September 1, 2015
    10. ↑ Virginia Board of Elections, "2015 General election candidates," accessed September 1, 2015
    11. ↑ Virginia Board of Elections, “Official Results - 2013 General Election," accessed December 2, 2013
    12. ↑ Virginia State Board of Elections, "November 2011 General Election Official Results," accessed May 15, 2014
    13. ↑ Follow the Money, "Virginia House of Delegates 2009 General Election Results," accessed May 15, 2014
    14. ↑ NBC 12, "‘Save yourself and others’: Virginia delegate tests positive for coronavirus," April 15, 2020

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    Preceded by
    Barry Knight (R)     		Virginia House of Delegates District 81
    2024-Present    		 Succeeded by
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    Preceded by
    -     		Virginia House of Delegates District 70
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